Libertyville's Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, DAR Announces Good Citizen

On February 12, 2023, The Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announced its student award winners at their chapter meeting held at the Adler Lodge in Libertyville.

Created in 1934, the DAR Good Citizens program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship. The program is open to all senior class students enrolled in accredited public or private secondary schools that are in good standing with their state boards of education. The student selected as the school's DAR Good Citizen must have the qualities of dependability (which includes truthfulness, loyalty, and punctuality); service (which includes cooperation, courtesy, and consideration of others); leadership (which includes personality, self-control, and ability to assume responsibility); and patriotism (which includes unselfish interest in family, school, community and nation)

These students were selected by their teachers and peers because they demonstrated these qualities throughout their four years in High School to an outstanding degree.

The Ansel Brainerd Cook DAR Good Citizen's Award and Scholarship Contest Chairman, Lee Allen-Russell, works with the school counselors from each of the participating high schools in the Libertyville area to have them submit their "Good Citizen" to represent their school.

Three seniors were chosen by their respective High Schools, Katie Hodge, Libertyville High School; Alicia Brak, Mundelein High School; and Jeffrey Broms, Vernon Hills High School. Each school's DAR Good Citizen received a DAR Good Citizen pin, certificate, wallet recognition card, and a monetary award.

The Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter is proud to announce Katie Hodge from Libertyville High School as our chapter winner and recipient of the DAR Good Citizen Award. Katie was also our scholarship winner and received a monetary award.

Congratulations to all the students!

The Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, NSDAR, is celebrating our 46th year. The chapter was organized in September 1977 in Libertyville by 17 members. The chapter has now grown to include more than 185 members. In 2022, the ABC chapter members logged in 6,821 volunteer hours in the towns we work and live in.

To learn more about the Ansel Brainerd Cook Chapter, NSDAR, please email us at:

ABC4DAR@gmail.com